2014 Vanuatu Humanitarian Aid Effort - Container packed

The tradition of sending a Shipping Container to Vanuatu with Humanitrian Aid for yachts to distribute during their cruising after the race, continued in the 2014 Melbourne to Vanuatu International Yacht Race.

Lead Glass windows for a Church

After a few tenders and ship stores were packed, it was time to fill the rest of the Container with Humanitarian Aid.

The Conatiner wasn't very full, then Robert Bradley arrived.

Robyn Brooke and George Shaw continue the tradition started in the inagural 2006 event.

Most of the entrants contributed to the Humanitarian Aid effort.

Super Motor Yacht DragonFly was one of the first boats to provide emergency disaster relief to some remote villages in Vanuatu after Cyclone Pam hit.You can help too by donating to the ORCV Oxfam Australia Vanuatu Cyclone Pam Emergency Appeal www.Yachties4Vanuatu.com.
Like many ORCV yachts who've cruised the beautiful Vanuatu archipelago, during their cruising, DragonFly also made many friends and developed relationships with the local communities and felt compelled to assist in whatever way they could.
Their highly skilled crew, included 5 Emergency Medical Technicians and a Doctor. The w [ ... ]

Yachties 4 Vanuatu Day - Saturday 11 April, 2015ORCV Vanuatu Cyclone Pam Emergency Appealwww.Yachties4Vanuatu.comWhy?
Category Five tropical cyclone Pam ravaged the tiny Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Friday 13 March, 2015.
The ORCV has forged a strong connection with Vanuatu over the last 10 years through the Melbourne to Vanuatu yacht race.
We have contributed significant humanitarian aid during that time, which is needed now more than ever.
How?
The ORCV have partnered with Oxfam, other yacht clubs and Yachting Victoria to assist Vanuatu.
Come do [ ... ]

2014 Vanuatu Humanitarian Aid Effort - TryBooking: Port Havannah Primary School
In 2006 I was very fortunate to be part of the first ORCV Ocean Race from Melbourne to Vanuatu. The preparation, the race and the shore time spent in Vanuatu with the locals and the crew will remain in my fondest memories forever. Many boat owners, crews and their families contributed to a variety of items which were all sent in a container ahead of the boats for that first race. I did not contribute anything at the time and regretted it immediately we cleared customs after the long race.
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2014 Vanuatu Humanitarian Aid Effort - Escapade’s escapades in the New Hebrides.
Following the 2014 Melbourne to Vanuatu race, Robert Bradley and his crew aboard Escapade engaged in a program of distributing educational materials and some medical aid. “After we loaded up in Port Vila there was 800kg of educational related supplies on board including reading books, exercise books, pens, pencils, marker pens, chalk, erasers, scissors and sharpeners plus one fibreglass canoe and 4 sails.
Suffice to say Escapade was loaded to the gunnels - certainly not her usual racing trim!
We distributed [ ... ]

2014 Vanuatu Humanitarian Aid Effort - Canoe donation to the Imere Scout Group.
In 2014 the ORCV were given a canoe from Graham Candy as part of the Humanitarian Aid sent to Vanuatu.
Nick Woodley was instrumental in handing this over to Many Sael from the Imere Scout Group in Le Me village and at the time gave us an insight into the ceremony that took place.
“Many is known by his scout name as Tafura. The handing over was celebrated with ceremony- flag raising, food, paddling and “sealing the deal” with Kava. The Scout group was RAPT!! They will use it for fun, fishing for f [ ... ]

Our thoughts are with our friends in Vanuatu recovering from the devastation left by severe tropical cyclone Pam. The ORCV has partnered with OxFam and is exploring other fund raising efforts such as a charity race and will keep you posted. See subseuqnet website artclie Yachties4Vanuatu Day - Saturday 11 April, 2015.
The ORCV has conducted three 1,885 nautical mile international yachts races from Melbourne to Vanuatu in 2006, 2010 and 2014. During those events, entrants have filled a shipping container with humanitarian aid that they have distributed to various communi [ ... ]

2014 Vanuatu Humanitarian Aid Effort - Container packed
The tradition of sending a Shipping Container to Vanuatu with Humanitrian Aid for yachts to distribute during their cruising after the race, continued in the 2014 Melbourne to Vanuatu International Yacht Race.
Lead Glass windows for a Church
After a few tenders and ship stores were packed, it was time to fill the rest of the Container with Humanitarian Aid.
The Conatiner wasn't very full, then Robert Bradley arrived.
Robyn Brooke and George Shaw continue the tradition started in the inagural 20 [ ... ]

2014 Escapade jumps aboard the Vanuatu Crown of Thorns Starfish Control Programme
Crown of Thorns Starfish are a problem across many coral reefs in the South and North Pacicifc oceans. Whilst in Vanuatu, race entrant Escapade, will be doing some volunteer work to assist the programme by providing sighting information to help control the outbreaks.
How Cruising Yachties could Assist with Vanuatu's COTs Control Program:
The Crown of Thorns Starfish (COTs) is eating out coral reefs right across the South & North Pacific oceans, from the Cook Islands to the Great Barrier Reef (GB [ ... ]

2010 Vanuatu Humanitarian Aid Effort - Precious Cargo (Stevie Wonder)Signed, Sealed, Delivered - It's theirs. Given we've just had Van Halen, The Pointer Sisters and Ian Dury and the Blockheads on the site, it seemed appropriate to stay musical, even if I did have to change the song title a little...
Now there are literally hundreds of people to thank when you have a project like this, so let's start by thanking anyone who came anywhere near Robyn Brooke's baby.
Thank you, everyone.
(and we’re really sorry if we missed you – send an email and we’ll add it hastily!!!)
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2010 Vanuatu Humanitarian Aid Effort - Wishing Well
Yes. She certainly is a human Trevi Fountain. Sue Clinnick and her daughters, Kate and Lauren, have amassed a sizeable little collection to go in the container for the Vanuatu Humanitarian Aid project.
Her husband, Greg, drives the Sydney 38, Audacious, who are our current HCOTW holders. However, the other Team Audacious Skipper has brought onboard not only her daughters, but their school (Kilvington), Uni (Swinburne) and family to her crew. By the way, Audacious is not even going to Vanuatu, so that goes some way to showing the amount [ ... ]

2010 Vanuatu Humanitarian Aid Effort - Wish Upon A Star
When Wish List came out (which you can revisit HERE), no-one could have expected such a wonderful and generous response. Thank you. It is still going, however, so if you're inclined...
Now we also have a Star Donator, who has chosen to remain anonymous, but the depth of his generosity and compassion for the people of Vanuatu is so touching, that we simply had to share it with everyone. Our Star Donator is hopeful that it will spur others on in our community to help those in Vanuatu.
Remember, it is not the amount of your generosit [ ... ]

2010 Vanuatu Humanitarian Aid Effort - Wish List
The second of the ORCV's Long Distance Offshore Sailing Seminars was held recently at the Royal Brighton Yacht Club of Victoria. As usual, it was a truly informative session and attendees were certainly armed with plenty of questions. Naturally, this is great and it is also good to see people using these free, yet completely invaluable seminars, to the best of their needs and requirements. "The comments, questions and contributions were just great", was how Neville 'Nifty' Rose summed up the evening. (Nifty heads the sub-committee which organis [ ... ]